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Patrick O'Brian: A Life

In January 2000, Patrick O'Brian died in the Westbury Hotel in Dublin, Ireland. Like his life, O'Brian's death was marked by secrecy and confusion, sharpening the curiosity of his many readers who for years have speculated about the man behind the beloved Aubery-Maturin series of novels.

Dean King at last unveils the story of Richard Patrick Russ, a writer and intellectual who emerged from the Second World War as Patrick O'Brian, a persona created by his imagination and refined over decades. To research this book, King crisscrossed Europe to speak to long-lost relatives, friends, and colleagues of his famously reclusive subject; now he has fashioned this wealth of information into a dramatic and compelling narrative. As King meticulously examines the events of O'Brian's life, he deepens and enriches our understanding and appreciation of O'Brian's work.

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Dean King's subtitle, "A Life Revealed," accurately describes this biography of Patrick O'Brian, notoriously secretive author of the Aubrey-Maturin novels. King begins with O'Brian's grandfather in ...Read full review

Patrick O'Brian: a life revealed

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Patrick O'Brian, who passed away this January at age 85, did not authorize King's intriguing and extraordinarily detailed biography--which is understandable, since O'Brian fictionalized so much of his ...Read full review